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Nyssa biflora / Ilex myrtifolia / Carex glaucescens - Eriocaulon compressum Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Nyssa biflora / Ilex myrtifolia / Carex glaucescens - Eriocaulon compressum Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This dome swamp community occurs in the East Gulf Coastal Plain of Florida and Alabama and the South Atlantic Coastal Plain of Florida and possibly Georgia. The canopy is strongly dominated by <i>Nyssa biflora</i>, often with scattered <i>Taxodium ascendens</i>, and sometimes low-canopy <i>Ilex myrtifolia</i>. The subcanopy is poorly developed and consists of <i>Ilex myrtifolia</i> and <i>Cyrilla parvifolia</i>. <i>Magnolia virginiana</i> and <i>Persea palustris</i> may be present. Shrubs are typically not present or, at least, not abundant, but may include <i>Lyonia lucida, Clethra alnifolia, Hypericum chapmanii, Hypericum brachyphyllum, Smilax laurifolia</i>, and <i>Smilax walteri</i>. The herbaceous layer includes <i>Eriocaulon compressum, Eriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare, Carex glaucescens, Lycopodiella alopecuroides, Coreopsis nudata, Juncus repens, Sabatia bartramii, Rhynchospora</i> spp., <i>Rhexia</i> spp., <i>Xyris</i> spp., <i>Woodwardia virginica</i>, and <i>Erigeron vernus</i>. <i>Tillandsia bartramii</i> can be an abundant epiphyte. This association occurs in small seasonally to semipermanently flooded depressions surrounded by <i>Pinus palustris - Pinus elliottii var. elliottii</i> flatwoods. Fire periodically burns into the <i>Nyssa</i> ponds. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35816.CEGL004720
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: East Gulf Coastal Plain Swamp Tupelo Dome Swamp
  Translated: Swamp Tupelo / Myrtle Dahoon / Southern Waxy Sedge - Flattened Pipewort Forest
  Scientific: Nyssa biflora / Ilex myrtifolia / Carex glaucescens - Eriocaulon compressum Forest
  Code: CEGL004720
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683096 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo